Gender job descriptions
Fanatical feminism aside, I find parallel presented in this entry a bit skewed.
Author of the second quote sees no difference between domestic work and emotional support she expect from her robot - it's all one job description.
The guy in first example recognizes cleaning as a service job, provider of which has to be compensated - and not expected to fulfill other demands.

Problems usually arise when one party to union mangles definitions: when husband (lover/living partner) expect his counterpart in love/cohabitation to perform service jobs unpaid, as part of "good wife/child rearer/soulmate" character. Part of Victorian atavism: a provider husband and housekeeping wife. Again, an honest arrangement, basically a barter of skills.

Too often, however, despite realities of contemporary life, when both partners work outside of home, only one party is expected - and not only in her partners eyes' - to do a second shift as cleaner/cook/decorator/nanny/tutor etc. I heard someone who express her dissatisfaction with this extra unpaid work load to be called "unkind" and even "unfeminine" by her long-time partner.

Of course, different people come to different domestic arrangements; attitude-wise I find one example to be ideal: Lileks family.

What do you feel, dear readers, about domestic duties?